Fix one thing, break another...
I had to replace a hydraulic line and rebuild one of my trim rams. Got that done and the drive reinstalled last night. Good news is the ram is fixed and the drive goes all the way up now in trailer position. Bad news is when I went to reinstall my Simrek Halo drive shower, I found the threads are stripped out of the outdrive. I really think the threads came out when I removed the bolt a week and a half ago. I boat in fresh water and I used anti-seize when I installed the bolt. I always thread that bolt in by hand and only snug it down. I think part of the problem was that the supplied bolt is about an 1/8" too short and was not getting enough bite into the threads. Anyway, I now have strpped threads in the drive on the left-hand side upper bolt hole that secures the rear inspection cover. What is the normal repair for something like this? Heli-coil? It only stripped out the first couple threads in the drive. I know this as they were on the end of the bolt. I left the shower off and put back in the original bolt and it was able to get a bite as it is about an 1/8" longer than the supplied replacement bolt is after it passes through the tab and spacer for the shower. I would like to repair the threads and get a longer bolt so I can reinstall the shower. Otherwise I have two holes to fill in the anti-cavitation plate. Thanks.
I had to replace a hydraulic line and rebuild one of my trim rams. Got that done and the drive reinstalled last night. Good news is the ram is fixed and the drive goes all the way up now in trailer position. Bad news is when I went to reinstall my Simrek Halo drive shower, I found the threads are stripped out of the outdrive. I really think the threads came out when I removed the bolt a week and a half ago. I boat in fresh water and I used anti-seize when I installed the bolt. I always thread that bolt in by hand and only snug it down. I think part of the problem was that the supplied bolt is about an 1/8" too short and was not getting enough bite into the threads. Anyway, I now have strpped threads in the drive on the left-hand side upper bolt hole that secures the rear inspection cover. What is the normal repair for something like this? Heli-coil? It only stripped out the first couple threads in the drive. I know this as they were on the end of the bolt. I left the shower off and put back in the original bolt and it was able to get a bite as it is about an 1/8" longer than the supplied replacement bolt is after it passes through the tab and spacer for the shower. I would like to repair the threads and get a longer bolt so I can reinstall the shower. Otherwise I have two holes to fill in the anti-cavitation plate. Thanks.
